In this warm, brave and immensely practical book, Dr. Bernadine Healy describes the quiet reolution that is curing a growing number of cancers and shares the hard-won insights from her own successful struggle with a deadly caner more than seven years ago. She explains the cutting-edge genetic research and other new approaches that are transforming diagnosis and treatment, and offers precise and empowering ways for patients and their famililes to secure the very best in modern cancer care.

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